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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times has Freda been married?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

2. What are Freda and Brenda looking at when the story begins?
(a) A TV show.
(b) A funeral procession.
(c) A St. Patrick's Day parade.
(d) A soccer game.

3. Why have people gathered in the street?
(a) To watch the parade.
(b) To protest.
(c) To watch the firemen work.
(d) To watch the funeral procession.

4. What does the note from Vittorio say?
(a) He wants to take her out to dinner.
(b) He is coming over tonight to offer his condolences.
(c) He wants to talk to her about management training.
(d) He wants her advice on some wardrobe selections.

5. Where do Freda and Brenda work?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A wine factory.
(c) A car dealership.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freda feel walking with Brenda?

2. What does Brenda think of as she tries to go to sleep?

3. How old is Freda?

4. Whose funeral does Rossi think Brenda had been to?

5. Why does Maria worry about Freda when she returns to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Freda decided to take a few days off work?

2. How does Brenda treat Stanley when he attempts to contact her?

3. How does the author show that the factory workers are very poor?

4. What is Freda's reaction when she learns that she and Brenda have been given the afternoon off due to the "death" of Freda's mother?

5. How does the author use foreshadowing in Maria's reading fortunes in tea leaves?

6. What are the circumstances surrounding the gunshot heard at the apartment?

7. What are Freda and Brenda's circumstances and how did they meet?

8. Describe Freda's low mood and how a note from Vittorio turns her around.

9. Who is Patrick and how does he become involved in Brenda and Freda's lives?

10. Where do Freda and Brenda work?

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